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1、TheOxfordHandbookofEpistemologyPrefaceEpistemology,alsoknownasthetheoryofknowledge,willflourishaslongaswedeemknowledgevaluable.Weshall,Ipredict,continuetovalueknowledge,ifonlyforitsinstrumentalvalue:itgetsusthroughthedayaswellasthenight.Indeed,it'shardtoimagineastableperson,letalone
2、astablesociety,indifferenttotherealdifferencebetweengenuineknowledgeandmereopinion,evenmeretrueopinion.Thestudyofknowledge,then,hasaverybrightfuture.Intheconcept-sensitivehandsofphilosophers,epistemologyfocusesonthenature,origin,andscopeofknowledge.Itthusexaminesthedefiningingredien
3、ts,thesources,andthelimitsofknowledge.Giventhecentralroleofepistemologyinthehistoryofphilosophyaswellasincontemporaryphilosophy,epistemologistswillalwayshaveworktodo.Debatesovertheanalysisofknowledge,thesourcesofknowledge,andthestatusofskepticismwillalonekeepthedisciplineofepistemol
4、ogyactiveandproductive.Thisbookpresentssomeofthebestworkincontemporaryepistemologybyleadingepistemologists.Takentogether,itspreviouslyunpublishedessaysspanthewholefieldofepistemology.Theyassessprominentpositionsandbreaknewtheoreticalgroundwhileavoidingunduetechnicality.Myownworkonth
5、isbookhasbenefitedfrommanypeopleandinstitutions.First,Ithankthenineteencontributorsfortheirfinecooperationandcontributionsinthefaceofnumerousdeadlines.Second,IthankPeterOhlin,PhilosophyEditoratOxfordUniversityPress,forhelpfuladviceandassistanceonmanyfronts.Third,Ithankmyresearchassi
6、stant,BlaineSwen,forinvaluablehelpinputtingthebooktogether.Finally,IthankLoyolaUniversityofChicagoforprovidinganexcellentenvironmentformyworkontheproject.P.K.M.Chicago,IllinoisJune2002ContentsIntroduction31.ConditionsandAnalysesofKnowing,RobertK.Shope,UniversityofMassachusetts,Bosto
7、n252.TheSourcesofKnowledge,RobertAudi,UniversityofNebraska,Lincoln713.APrioriKnowledge,AlbertCasullo,UniversityofNebraska,Lincoln954.TheSciencesandEpistemology,AlvinI.Goldman,RutgersUniversity1445.ConceptualDiversityinEpistemology,RichardFoley,NewYorkUniversity1776.TheoriesofJustifi
8、cation,RichardFumer
